Stocks of medication for HIV patients could run out in the next two months, because of higher costs linked to lockdowns and COVID-19 border closures, UNAIDS said on Monday.

You might know Hello Kitty as a commercial property, appearing as she does on everything from hairdryers to skateboards.

In most major religions there is scripture encouraging the protection and care of nature.

To mark Micro-, Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises Day, which falls on 27 June, we are profiling five entrepreneurs who are helping to tackle some of the planet’s most pressing environmental issues.

Fifteen attacks on healthcare in Afghanistan were recorded during the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, will present his findings to the global human rights body, during what is celebrated across the world as LGBT Pride Month, calling for a global ban on the dangerous and deeply harmful practice.

Yoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice that originated in India and is now practiced in various forms around the world.

With the Tokyo Olympics delayed until 2021, UN News has spoken to two recipients of Refugee Athlete Scholarships, an initiative of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and UN refugee agency (UNHCR), to find out how COVID-19 lockdown measures are affecting their preparations for the games.

The UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and 19 UN agencies there have been working together to support a country in the throes of a pandemic that could challenge the nation’s delicate balance of stability, security and development, the head of the Mission told the Security Council on Friday.

The world is entering “a new and dangerous phase” of the COVID-19 pandemic, as infection rates continue to climb, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.